yomp

WOTD - 2 February 2010    

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Etymology

(Can we verify this etymology?) Perhaps an acronym of “Your Own Marching Pace”.

• perhaps a contraction of "jump" , "stomp", and "yon(der)" ?

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /jɒmp/ SAMPA: /jQmp/

Noun

yomp (plural yomps)

1. (Royal Marines military slang) A long-distance march carrying full kit.

Translations

long-distance march

Finnish: täbärimarssi (fi) French: crapahutage (fr), marche forcée (fr)

Russian: марш-бросок (ru) m.

Verb

yomp (third-person singular simple present yomps, present participle yomping, simple past and past participle yomped)

1. To make a strenuous long-distance march.
   • 1989, Derek Oakley, The Falklands Military Machine‎, page 155

     Whilst 3 Para and 45 Commando yomped across East Falkland, accompanied by the two Troops of Blues and Royals, 42 Commando were helicoptered forward to Mount Kent and 2 Para to Bluff Cove.

   • 2001, Peter F. Hamilton, "The Suspect Genome", part 2

     She gestured out of the window wall. "Unless it was a real professional who yomped in over the fields, the only way to get here is to drive through the village. And believe me, that's not so easy."

   • 2006, Tim Moore, Travels with My Donkey‎, page 133

     He was French, and spoke in damning terms of the 'contre-la-montre' walkers who yomped in before lunch-time and yomped out again before dawn

Synonyms

• (to make a march): trek

Translations

to make a strenuous long-distance march

French: crapahuter (fr), avancer à marches forcées (fr)

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